China, AI and Manus

What Is China’s Manus AI Agent? Explained
The Manus AI agent from China has created a lot of hype, but how does it work and what are its capabilities? Go through our Manus AI explainer.
Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’
Manus wasn’t developed entirely from scratch. According to reports on social media, the platform uses a combination of existing and fine-tuned AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude and Alibaba’s Qwen, to perform tasks such as drafting research reports and analyzing financial filings.
What you need to know about Manus, the new AI agentic system from China hailed as a second ‘DeepSeek moment’
Manus AI is designed as a multi-agent system, meaning it combines several AI models to handle tasks independently.
Another DeepSeek moment? General AI agent Manus shows ability to handle complex tasks
A general artificial intelligence (AI) agent developed by a low-profile team backed by Chinese investors and developers has quickly gained attention in the AI community for its ability to handle complex,
What is Manus? China's World-First Fully Autonomous AI Agent Explained
Developed by a low-profile team and backed by Chinese investors and developers, Manus is currently available as an invitation-only web preview. A demonstration video on its website, manus.im, showcases its ability to create a custom website through a step-by-step process.
China’s Manus Follows DeepSeek in Challenging US AI Lead
Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.
Browser Use, one of the tools powering Manus, is also going viral
The virality of AI 'agent' platform Manus from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect has benefitted another tool: Browser Use.
The Economist1d
With Manus, AI experimentation has burst into the open
The existence of Manus makes this cautious approach harder to sustain, however. As the previously wide gap between big AI ...
Manus: Better than OpenAI thanks to AI autonomy?
The new AI tool Manus competes with providers such as Deepseek and ChatGPT and aims to improve on their tools.
The Register on MSN5d
Manus mania is here: Chinese ‘general agent’ is this week’s ‘future of AI' and OpenAI-killer
Prompts see it scour the web for info and turn it into decent documents at reasonable speed Chinese researchers’ AI prowess ...
'Less structure, more intelligence': AI agent Manus draws upbeat reviews of nascent system
General-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus has drawn a wave of mostly upbeat reviews, days after Chinese ...
I just tested Manus vs ChatGPT with 5 prompts — here's the winner
Prompt: "Explain the concept of blockchain technology to a non-technical audience." ChatGPT gave a solid and clear ...